High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

West Essex High School, North Caldwell, NJ

West Essex High School is a public high school in North Caldwell, part of West Essex Regional School District. It enrolled 1,061 students in 2024-25, with 11.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,061
Teachers (FTE): 93.0
Students per teacher: 11.4
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 0.6 higher than the district figure of 10.8. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.4

District10.8

New Jersey11.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 65 West Greenbrook Rd, North Caldwell, NJ 07006
Phone: (973)228-1200
District: West Essex Regional School District
County: Essex County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 341746002462

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 26
Reduced-price lunch: 9
Free or reduced-price lunch: 353.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.